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Sandy Ridge Estates, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30214. The Survey maps it on the Fairburn quadrangle.

Sandy Ridge Estates within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Ridge Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 674 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
20 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019FULTON SOUTH001
16 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FAYETTE-001
29 August 2011Debris and open burning24 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COWETA-004
17 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FAYETTE-001
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FAYETTE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Ridge Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sandy Creek0.4 miles9
Briarhill1.7 miles9
Stop1.9 miles9
Lees Mill2.0 miles19
Tyrone Acres2.1 miles9
Bethany2.1 miles19
Briarwood Acres2.3 miles9
River Forest2.5 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548086The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687913. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.